District to buy iPads for school board members

6:56 PM,
Jan. 11, 2013

Written by

Jessica Opoien
Oshkosh Northwestern Media

Oshkosh school board members will soon receive Apple iPads as part of a push for the district to go "paperless" with its meetings.

The board gave district administrators the go-ahead to purchase the tablets at its Jan. 9 meeting. Officials said the intent is to cut back on the cost of printing large packets of information for board members before each meeting.

The iPads will be purchased by the district, issued to board members and returned to the district upon completion of a member's term. The board expects to start training with the devices in February. ...